But it seems not even our clocks are exempt from the exhaustive Brexit debate. We're loving the days getting longer and not having to leave home in the dark every morning.

And changing our clocks twice a year to suit the daylight hours, is almost as entrenched in British culture as cucumber sandwiches. But it's actually an EU tradition that could disappear in Britain after Brexit, Birmingham Live reports.

Unless you live in a cave, over the past few weeks you've probably noticed it getting lighter earlier in the morning and the sun setting later at night.

This is because we are moving away from the shortest day of the year - the Winter Solstice - on December 21 and are heading towards spring.

But with Brexit Day looming, could moving the clocks forward for spring all change for us?

This is when the clocks will change in 2019 and how Brexit could affect it

As the old saying goes, 'spring forward, fall back'. It helps to remind us that the clocks go forward in the springtime and then back in the fall - or autumn as it's better known.

In March, the clocks spring forward an hour at 1am and in October, the clocks fall back an hour at 2am.

The good news is that most computers, laptops and smart phones automatically update the time.

But for other clocks, it will mean you have to alter the time by one hour - unless you want to be an hour late for work!

So while we may lose that extra hour in bed, it also marks the end of Greenwich Mean Time and the start of British Summer Time which can only mean those warmer months are around the corner.

What date do the clocks go forward?

It's an EU tradition to change the clocks twice a year (Image: Shared Content Unit)

It takes place on the last Sunday of March, meaning this year it will change on Sunday, March 31.

Clocks should be turned forward an hour at 1am, so that it becomes 2am.

It means the hour we gained back in Autumn will be lost again this time round.

Don't forget to do it or you will be an hour late for anything you plan to do on Sunday - be it an early morning football match, work or getting to the supermarkets before it closes early due to Sunday trading laws.

Why do we change the clocks?

The moving of the clocks was first introduced back in the First World War by the Germans to save on the use of coal.

George Hudson, a British-born New Zealand entomologist is credited with proposing the modern day concept of daylight saving time in 1895 and British businessman William Willett is also acknowledged for his role in making the idea a reality.

The Summer Time Act of 1916 was passed by parliament and the first day of British Summer Time (BST) - which is sometimes referred to as Daylight Saving Time - was May 21, 1916.

We stay on BST until October when the clocks go back an hour. When this happens the UK will then go back onto Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

What will it mean?

Leaving home for work and returning when it's light is the best (Image: Purestock)

Putting the clocks forward means that the nights are lighter for our drive home from work and any evening activities.

And, as well as saving on power, statistics show that there are also fewer road accidents.

It also means darker morning, however, and we could feel more groggy in the first few days of it.

When will the clocks need changing again in 2019?

They will go back on the last Sunday in October.

This year it will be Sunday, October 27, at 2am.

What effect will Brexit have on this?

We still don't really know what Brexit will mean

Since 2002, European Union (EU) rules have said that the 28 member states have to change the clocks in March and October.

But in 2017, it was agreed that individual counties in the EU could opt out.

The rules were changed following research by the German parliament.

It found that changing clocks had little effect on lowering energy consumption or on the economy but there was an impact on health.

For some people the clocks change - especially in spring - causes jetlag-type symptoms lasting up to a month.

Some non-EU European countries, such as Russia, Turkey and Iceland, have already abandoned the practice.

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